New England Distribution

Non-native: introduced
(intentionally or
unintentionally); has become naturalized.

County documented: documented
to exist in the county by
evidence (herbarium specimen, photograph). Also covers
those considered historical (not seen in 20 years).

State documented: never been
documented from the
county, but known from the state. May be present. Or,
may be restricted to a small area or a habitat (alpine,
marsh, etc.), so unlikely found in some
counties.

Note: when native and non-native
populations both exist in a county, only native status
is shown on the map.

North America Distribution

Facts About

Blunt-leaved bedstraw is native to the eastern half of North America, including New England, where it is found in swamps, floodplain forests and wet forests. However, it is listed as endangered in New Hampshire, and the species may have disappeared from Maine. It gets its common name from its rounded leaf tips -- unusual for most bedstraws, which typically have pointy leaf tips.

Habitat

Floodplain (river or stream floodplains), forests, swamps

Characteristics

Habitat

wetlands

New England state

Connecticut

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Vermont

Flower petal color

white

Leaf type

the leaves are simple (i.e., lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets)

Leaf arrangement

opposite: there are two leaves per node along the stem

whorled: there are three or more leaves per node along the stem

Leaf blade edges

the edge of the leaf blade is entire (has no teeth or lobes)

Flower symmetry

there are two or more ways to evenly divide the flower (the flower is radially symmetrical)